Fines, administrative charges, fees and costs imposed for any violation of the provisions of this chapter which are municipal' infractions shall be paid to the Westminster City Police Department or its designee within 20 calendar days of receipt of the citation.
A person receiving a citation for a municipal infraction under this chapter may elect to stand trial for the offense by notifying the City Police Department, in writing, of his intention of standing trial. The notice shall be given at least five days prior to the date of payment as set forth in the citation. Upon receipt of the notice of the intention to stand trial, the City shall ford to the District Court a copy of the notice from the person who received the citation indicating his intention to stand trial. Upon receipt of the citation, the District Court shall schedule the case for trial and notify the defendant of the trial date. All fines, penalties or forfeitures collected by the District Court for violations of municipal infractions shall be remitted to the City.
In any trial charging a violation of any provision of this chapter governing the standing or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the notice of violation was parked in violation of such provision, together with proof that the defendant named in the notice of violation was at the time of such parking the registered owner of such vehicle shall constitute in evidence prima facie presumption that the registered owner of such vehicle was the person who parked or placed such vehicle at the point where and for the time during which such violation occurred.
A. 
If a person receiving a citation for an infraction fails to pay the fine for the infraction by the date of payment set forth on the citation and fails to file a notice of intention to stand trial for the offense in a timely fashion, the person is liable for the assessed fine. The City may double the fine to an amount not to exceed $400 and request adjudication of the case through the District Court, including the filing of a demand for judgment on affidavit. The District Court shall promptly schedule the case for trial and summon the defendant to appear. The defendant's failure to respond to such summons shall result in the entry of judgment against the defendant in favor of the City in the amount then due if a proper demand for judgment on affidavit has been filed. If the person receiving a citation for an infraction shall be found by the District Court to have committed an infraction, the person shall be required to pay a fine determined by the District Court, not to exceed $400. The person shall also be liable for the costs of the proceedings in the District Court, and the Court may permit the City to abate any such condition at the person's expense.
B. 
In the event of failure to pay the fine imposed within 30 days of the date of the violation and when no timely request to stand trial has been made and after one notice sent by ordinary mail, postage prepaid, the person receiving the citation shall pay double the initial fine, plus an administrative charge in the amount of $10.
C. 
In the event of failure to pay the fine imposed by the District Court within 30 days after the adjudication of a municipal infraction and after one notice sent by ordinary mail, the person receiving the fine shall pay it, plus an administrative charge in the amount of $10. In addition, the City may refer the violation to the Motor Vehicle Administration as provided by the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended.
[Added 10-10-2011 by Ord. No. 830]
A. 
If a person receiving a civil citation for failure to obey a traffic control device as detected by a traffic control signal monitoring system defined by § 21-202.1 of the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland fails to pay such citation within 45 days of the issuance thereof and fails to elect to stand trial at least five days prior to the due date of the citation, the City shall impose an administrative charge in the amount of $10.
B. 
If a person receiving a civil citation for the offense described in Subsection A of this section has failed to pay the citation or timely elect to stand trial as set forth in Subsection A of this section and fails to pay the citation within 75 days of the issuance of the citation, the City shall impose a second administrative charge in the amount of $10.
C. 
If a person receiving a civil citation for the offense described in Subsection A of this section timely elects to stand trial, the City shall request adjudication of the case through the District Court.
D. 
If a person receiving a civil citation for the offense described in Subsection A of this section fails to pay the judgment imposed by the District Court within 10 days after the adjudication of the civil offense, the defendant shall pay to the City an administrative charge in the amount of $10.
E. 
If a person receiving a civil citation for the offense described in Subsection A of this section fails to pay the judgment imposed by the District Court within 40 days after the adjudication of the civil offense, the defendant shall pay to the City a second administrative charge in the amount of $10.
F. 
If the defendant fails to pay a citation for the offense described in Subsection A of this section within 105 days of the issuance thereof or, having timely elected to stand trial, fails to pay the judgment imposed by the District Court within 70 days, the City shall refer the violation to the Motor Vehicle Administration as provided by the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.